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The revised regulation shall be effective upon filing with the Registrar of Regulations, who shall publish the regulation as final regulation in the Virginia Register of Regulations. Neither the provisions of the Administrative Process Act (&#xA7; 2.2-4000 et seq.) nor public participation guidelines adopted pursuant thereto shall apply to the adoption, reconsideration, or revision of any regulation adopted pursuant to this section.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":253016,"text":"The Commissioner may, by regulation: (i) adopt the Rules for Testing Seeds established by the Association of Official Seed Analysts; (ii) amend the standards for seed; (iii) amend the prohibited noxious-weed seed list; and (iv) amend the restricted noxious-weed seed list.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":253017,"text":"Such regulations shall be effective upon filing with the Registrar of Regulations, who shall publish the regulations as a final regulation in the Virginia Register of Regulations with a preamble stating that the Board will receive, consider, and respond to petitions by any interested person at any time with respect to reconsideration or revision of such regulation.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":253018,"text":"The Board, after giving notice in the Virginia Register of Regulations, may reconsider and revise the regulation adopted by the Commissioner. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0577\">577<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2008, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0860\">860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":69625,"section_number":"2.2-4002","catch_line":"Exemptions from chapter generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4002\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":86911,"section_number":"2.2-4000","catch_line":"Short title; purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4000\/"}],"permalink":{"id":196065,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70039,"identifier":"3.2-4002","token":"3.2\/III\/40\/1\/3.2-4002","url":"\/3.2-4002\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-4002\/","token":"3.2\/III\/40\/1\/3.2-4002","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authority of Commissioner to adopt regulations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-4002","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span> may, by regulation: (i) adopt the Rules for Testing Seeds established by the Association of Official Seed Analysts; (ii) <span class=\"dictionary\">amend<\/span> the standards for seed; (iii) <span class=\"dictionary\">amend<\/span> the <span class=\"dictionary\">prohibited noxious-<span class=\"dictionary\">weed seed<\/span><\/span> list; and (iv) <span class=\"dictionary\">amend<\/span> the <span class=\"dictionary\">restricted noxious-<span class=\"dictionary\">weed seed<\/span><\/span> list. <a id=\"paragraph-253016\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-4002\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Such regulations shall be effective upon filing with the Registrar of Regulations, who shall publish the regulations as a final regulation in the Virginia Register of Regulations with a preamble stating that the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> will receive, consider, and respond to <span class=\"dictionary\">petitions<\/span> by any interested person at any time with respect to reconsideration or revision of such regulation. <a id=\"paragraph-253017\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-4002\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span>, after giving notice in the Virginia Register of Regulations, may reconsider and revise the regulation adopted by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner<\/span>. The revised regulation shall be effective upon filing with the Registrar of Regulations, who shall publish the regulation as final regulation in the Virginia Register of Regulations. Neither the provisions of the Administrative Process Act (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Short title; purpose\" href=\"\/2.2-4000\/\">2.2-4000<\/a> et seq.) nor public participation guidelines adopted pursuant thereto shall apply to the adoption, reconsideration, or revision of any regulation adopted pursuant to this section. <a id=\"paragraph-253018\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/3.2-4002\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORITY OF COMMISSIONER TO ADOPT REGULATIONS (\u00a7 3.2-4002)\n\nA. The Commissioner may, by regulation: (i) adopt the Rules for Testing Seeds\nestablished by the Association of Official Seed Analysts; (ii) amend the\nstandards for seed; (iii) amend the prohibited noxious-weed seed list; and (iv)\namend the restricted noxious-weed seed list.\n\nB. Such regulations shall be effective upon filing with the Registrar of\nRegulations, who shall publish the regulations as a final regulation in the\nVirginia Register of Regulations with a preamble stating that the Board will\nreceive, consider, and respond to petitions by any interested person at any time\nwith respect to reconsideration or revision of such regulation.\n\nC. The Board, after giving notice in the Virginia Register of Regulations, may\nreconsider and revise the regulation adopted by the Commissioner. The revised\nregulation shall be effective upon filing with the Registrar of Regulations, who\nshall publish the regulation as final regulation in the Virginia Register of\nRegulations. Neither the provisions of the Administrative Process Act (&#xA7;\n2.2-4000 et seq.) nor public participation guidelines adopted pursuant thereto\nshall apply to the adoption, reconsideration, or revision of any regulation\nadopted pursuant to this section.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 577, \u00a7 3.1-271.1; 2008, c. 860.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}